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A documentary shown by public broadcaster Czech Television claims decades ago, during the communist regime, a young Miloš Zeman as well as pop star Karel Gott took part in a […]
Sabine Lautenschläger, a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB), has highlighted the areas that need to be focused on to win back public trust on […]
The third Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded to veteran Russian human rights defender Ludmilla […]
Czech police have accused two men of attempting to firebomb a bus going between Prague and Varna, Bulgaria, on May 16. The suspects, aged 26 and 29, remain in custody. […]
The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, called on August 25 on the European Union to establish a human rights-based, coherent and comprehensive migration […]
Once more, Ecuador tops the list of the best places to live abroad in the InterNations Expat Insider 2015 survey, which is one of the most extensive studies ever conducted […]
Roma Genocide Remembrance Day on August 2 is intended to be a reminder of the crimes Nazis committed against the group through internment, forced labour and mass murder during World […]
Cross-border capital investment throughout European real estate increased by 30 per cent during the first half of 2015, to 129 billion euro compared to the first half of 2014, according […]
A joint investigation team (JIT), consisting of investigators and judicial authorities from six different European countries, supported by Eurojust and Europol, has taken down a major cybercriminal group during coordinated […]
A new scheme for authorisations of vine plantations has been published by the European Commission, which allows for a yearly limit in expansion of the EU’s wine areas. The new […]
